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Post offer day guidance
This is what we will do
Provided that your application was received by the
closing date: If you applied online you will receive an email
during the evening of 16 April with the outcome of your
application. If you made a paper application on 16 April
we will send you a letter by first class post confirming the
outcome of your application.
If we are unable to offer you a place at any of your preferred
schools, we will offer you a place at the school closest to your
home address that has a vacancy as far as practically possible.
We strongly advise that you accept the school offered, until
you have secured a place at an alternative school.
This is what you need to do
You must confirm whether you are accepting or declining the
place that has been offered by 30 April. If you have applied
online you can simply log into your eadmissions account and
accept or decline online. If you have applied on paper you will
need to complete and return the reply slip enclosed with your
offer letter. If you do not respond to your offer the place may
be withdrawn and offered to another child.
Waiting lists
Your child will automatically be placed on the waiting list for
any higher preference schools for which you did not receive
an offer. If you wish to be placed on the waiting list for a
lower preference school or a different school to those on your
original application you will need to request this in writing
after the 16 April.
If you change address whilst waiting for a school place you
must be living at the address before the new address can be
taken into consideration and proof will be required, see page
57 for details.
The community schools in Ealing will hold a waiting list for
all year groups, for one term after which the waiting list will
cease. If parents wish for their child to continue on the waiting
list after that term they will need to write and request this.
For own admission authority schools please check the
individual schools admissions arrangements.
Late Offer Rounds
Ealing Council co-ordinates the offers for schools in Ealing
until the end of the summer term. After the initial offer date
of 16 April the following timetable will be followed:
Round Closing date Offer date
2 8 May 14 May
3 29 May 4 June
4 12 June 18 June
5 26 June 2 July
After 5 July offers will be made as and when vacancies
become available.
Please note that during the late offer rounds any
applications/information received after the closing date
will not be considered until the following round of offers.
Please be aware that any changes to your preferences
after the offer date are unlikely to be successful as
the majority of schools will have allocated all of their
places. It is therefore extremely important that you
list the schools you want in the correct order on your
application form.
When vacancies arise, places will be allocated according to
the over-subscription criteria. Vacancies will be offered to the
pupil with the highest priority on the waiting list not on a
“first come, first served” basis. The position of a pupil on the
waiting list changes frequently and can move down as well as
up if other pupils that have a higher priority have their names
added to the waiting list.
Length of time on a waiting list does not give any priority.
Places are offered from the waiting list if they become available.
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